Suskunlar (), is a Turkish television drama, broadcast on Show TV in 2012. Drama was remade in USA for NBC as Game of Silence; being the first Turkish drama sold to the USA market.
It was aired in over 30 countries and it is based on a true story of children who were sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison on the charge of stealing a baklava car in Gaziantep in 1997.
Plot
Four young boys drive a baklava car without knowing how and accidentally hit and injure an old man. They are tried in their absence and sentenced to several years in prison. In the prison, they endure hard treatment and abuse. As adults, they try to help kids that are still being abused by going to court. But the prison is playing dirty.
Cast
Main cast Murat Yıldırım: Ecevit Oran (Şerif)(Sheriff) Sarp Akkaya as Bilal Tutkun (Sarı)(Yellow) Güven Murat Akpınar as İbrahim Kene (Iska)(be off target) Tugay Mercan as Zeki Sinanlı (Yanık)(Scald) Aslı Enver as Ahu Kumral (her unused nickname "Gazelle, Bambi")
Cast Berk Hakman as Gurur Kutay/Gazanfer Bircan(Kasap)(Butcher) Reha Özcan as Sait Karam Mehmet Özgür as İrfan Alkara (Takoz)(Chock) Pelin Akil as Nisan/Nur Ağazade Pelin Doğru as Birsen Jale Aylanç as Ümran Kene Murat Garipağaoğlu as Sermet Metin Coşkun as Naim Oran (Belalı Naim/Trouble Naim) Fırat Albayram as Hasan (Çakal/Jackal) Hakan Gerçek as Hoca (Damat)(Groom) Fatih Paşalı as Özcan Tiryaki (Yarasa)(Bat) Alican Yücesoy as Cebrail (Gabriel) Emir Faruk Uğurcan as Samet (Samet)
Children Furkan Didim as Ecevit (Şerif) Emirhan Akbaba as Bilal (Sarı) Berkcan Çakar as İbrahim (Iska) Ulaşcan Kutlu as Zeki (Yanık) Yağmur Esmer as Ahu Barış Öner as İrfan (Takoz) Mert Çolak as Özcan (Yarasa) Efe Akercan as Gazanfer (Kasap)
International broadcasts Country Network Premiere date Timeslot Show TV 1 March 2012 20:00 1TV April, 2013 Kanal 5 9 April 2013 22:15 B92 29 September 2013 19:00 16:50 Maestro 29 November 2013 19:00 TV Vijesti 10 March 2014 19:55 OBN 22 September 2014 21:00 Arab World OSN Yahala 3 January 2015 23:00 UAE 22:00 KSA 21:00 EGY Dubai One 7 March 2016 21:00 UAE
Awards Year Prize Category Recipient Status2012Uludağ ÜniversitesiThe Best Turkish SeriesSuskunlar2012Golden Butterfly AwardsThe Best Direction-SuskunlarÇağatay Tosun2012Sosyal Medya ÖdülleriThe Best Turkish SeriesSuskunlar2013Düzce UniversityThe Best Turkish SeriesSuskunlar2013Antalya Television AwardsThe Best Turkish SeriesSuskunlar2013Antalya Television AwardsThe Best Music for Series-SuskunlarAytekin Gazi Ataş
External links Suskunlar Trailer English in YouTube
Suskunlar Official website
References